Vehicle-fender.



C. M. CHEATHAM.

VEHiCLE FENDER. APPLICATiON FILED MAR-20.19".

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ATTqRnEY C. M. GHEATHAM.

VEHICLE FENDER.

APPLICATION FiLED MAR. 20. i917.

1,232,220. Patented July 3, 1917.

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Applicatlon fled Ketch 2Q, i917; Serial No. 156,087.

To all :whom may concern Be it known that I, CONRAD M. Crmsr- RAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rehoboth, in the county of Lunenburg and State of Virginia, have-invented new clamped or fastened in fiired relation to the vide means whereby the imdpeet of a.

frame or axle of the machine; also to proerson or object against the fen or is cus ioned seas to prevent injury of e erson or injury of the machine due to sud enimpact with an obfect or obstrueticm.

A. further object of the invention is .to provide means mounted upon the scoop or removable section of the fender, whereby the latter may be raised and lowered and sus-' tainedat any desired elevation in accordance with road conditions and the desire of the operator of the vehiple.- V With the above and other ob ects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrengement'of parts; herein fully described, illustrated and claimed. v Figure lis a front elevation-oi the fender, shown inits'epplied relation to -en automobile. r

Fig. 2 is at plan the relationo'f the stationery hanger to the -front axle of a; vehicle.

Fig. 3 is at side elevation thereof.

Fig. 4 is n fra eniery perspective v ew looking toward ta rear of one of the pilot boards, showing the spring connect-ion between the same and the mam fender bar.

Fig. 5 is c fragmentary section through one of the pilot boards.

Theinvcntion contemplated in this invention comprises: a hanger frame consisting of u. pair of supporting hers 1 letach- 'nhly fnstcned to the front axle or frame of specification of Letters Patent.

serve to sustain the bod vicwof the same show-ingvide' runner-like faces 1 Patented July 3, 1917.

the vehicle by clampin means indicated at 2. The bars 1 extend go in advance of the radiator of the automobile and are substantially parallel to each other and erefixedly connected at! their for.- ward extremities to a cross; bar 3. This cross bar extends at its opposite ends beyond the supporting bars 1 and has fixedly secured to t e opposite extremities thereof downwardly extending uprights 4 so constructed as to provide substantially vertical rwardly to a. point guide-ways 5 and vertlcel guides 6 which u or scoop section of the fender in place an in readiness to de' fiector the fen er comes in contact.

Mounted for vertical movement in the guide-ways 5 is a main fender bar 7 which occupies a normally horizontal position. The

bar 7 extends at its opposite ends bevond and rearfeces thereof with grooves .or recesses 8,;leeving' a shank portion 9 of roper width to slide easily in' a substantial y vertical path in the ide-ways 5. Extending iclc up a. person or object with which the uprights 5 and is formedin the front I upwardly. from he reduced shanks 9 are i or: reduced portions 9 of the bar 7, the

tongues 10 serving to hold the scoop in'a.

and the hanger frame are curvilinear pilot" boards 11 having their concaved faces disposed in a forward directions These fender nude converge toward their-forward extremities where they erenrranged in close proximity to euch'otherlnnd rounded topro- 2 which prevent the convergent extremities of the fender boards hem catching in the road surface and injuring the fender. Secured to the rear face of each fender-board. 11 are two series of springs 13 having, bowed centrelportions 14, said springs eing arranged in pairs, one above the other as shown. Extending from each pair of springs 13 reerwerdlyto the fender bar 7 is a thrust member. 15 the rear end ,of which'is fixedly attuched to the bar 7. The forward end of each thrust member 1.5 is forked or branched as indi-, 'euted at 16 and tie branches are deflected tongues 10 of the samevvidth as the shanks guide-ways and tongues which are also slidable in said guido vzilys to support the body of the fender in a substantially horizontal. 'zos'ition, pilot; boards located in advance of said fender bar and converging toward a central point, thrush members fixedly conmooted at their rear ends to said. feudal." bar, and cushioning springs attzurhed to the rear faces ofsaid pilot boards and having said tlunst mombers connected thereto, the 01;

Ward extremities of the pilot boards being rounded to provide upwardly curving runner-like faces.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CONRAD M. CHEATHAM. 

